Persia
There are 1590 items in Persia:
Gullies near the Caspian Gate |
Chalouf Inscription (drawing) |
Chalouf, Darius' DZb inscription |
Charax
Alexandria in Susiana or Charax: city at the head of the Persian Gulf. modern Khayaber. Charax Alexandria in Susiana was founded in…
Charax |
Chicago, Oriental Institute
The Museum of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has a large collection of finds from excavation in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, and Turkey, Among the most famous objects are the Megiddo Ivories, bronzes from Luristan, a…Chiliarch
Chiliarch: official at the royal court of Achaemenid Persia.Chiliarchos means "leader of a thousand men" and is the Greek way to describe an official the Achaemenid court who was in charge of the daily, official affairs of the king. The…Choaspes (Karkheh)
Choaspes: river in Iran, identical to the modern Karkheh, Seymareh, and Kashkan. Darreh-e Khazine The river Karkheh originates in the central zone…
Coin of Mazaeus with bull and lion |
Persian Influence on Greek culture: conclusion
The ancient Persian and Greek cultures did not exist in isolation. There was cross-fertilization. The present article describes several aspects of Persia's influence on Greece.Conclusion In the fields of architecture and politics, the Athenians of the fifth century BCE copied several…Contents of the Avesta
Avesta: the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Iranian religion that was founded by the legendary Bactrian prophet Zarathustra.The following titles of the main parts of the Avesta were taken from the translation by James Darmesteter and L.H. Mills in Max Müller (ed.): Sacred Books…Ctesias, Overview of the works
Ctesias was a Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. He wrote several books about Persia and India. These books are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors;…